Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen
translated by Anna Helger I have no idea how I came across this book. Did someone recommend it to me? All I know is that it showed up as a library...
3 March 2019
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Based on the true story of Grace Marks, an infamous murderer in Canada in the 1840’s, Atwood’s book uses different narrators to tell the story, as well as interspersing the story with extracts from other works. From poems, fiction, newspapers of the time, and other sources. Although this is based on the real story, Atwood has, of course, fictionalised a great deal of the novel.
The two narrators are Grace herself, who tells her story in the first person, past tense, and Simon Jordan, the doctor investigating her claims of insanity or innocence. His parts are told by a third person narrator, and are in the present tense.
4 June 2018
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Starting in 1947 The Night Watch tells the story, in reverse chronology, of various people in and around London during the Blitz. Their stories progress by going backwards in time, so...
1 October 2014
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